Importing Preferences/Styles in Captivate 5

I have a template that uses specific styles  and preferences - it's working well, with a few bugs reported to the Bugs line.
However, if I start a project by using "Record new project", the Preferences and Styles revert to the defaults.  Recording this way is a very easy way for me to do my projects - I record a Custom and a Training project, then copy the slides to the main one - but not if I have to go through each slide and change the caption style, etc. each time.
Is there a way I can change the defaults, or force the Record New Project to use the correct Preferences and Styles?  Using the Settings button doesn't help, because the correct Styles haven't been imported, so it doesn't recognize them.

I'm replying to my own question to add some more to it.
I've learned that I can import Styles and Preferences to an existing project, and that I can set the defaults for new projects by changing each default style individually.  However, I don't seem to be able to import a styles set to be used as the default for future projects.
Does anyone know if there is a way to do this?  I have a number of developers who all need to use the same settings, and it would be SO much easier if I could send them Styles and Prefetrences files to be used as the default for future work.

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